Whereas ethnoregional favoritism by national leaders is widely studied, ethnic favoritism at lower government levels is likely a more salient source of ethnic resentment. Relying on individual-level panel data from Indonesia and a historical instrument we establish that ethnic favoritism is...

Trust involves a willingness to be vulnerable to other agents' actions as well as an assessment of these agents' trustworthiness. This paper seeks to unpack the relationship between trust and workplace organization, focusing on signals of (un)trustworthiness guiding employers' trust decisions....

Whereas region-based ethnic favoritism in public good provision is widely studied, ethnic favoritism by lower governments allocating individual benefits to specific beneficiaries is more easily observable by individuals and therefore a more salient source of ethnic resentment, in addition to...

Although the idea that individuals’ race is fluid and can change over time is increasingly accepted, racial identities have a structural component involving the presence of immutable and typically easily observable individual traits. This research note considers physical appearance (hair and...